Sonic Codex

Sonic Codex
Studio album by
Eivind Aarset
Released2007
GenreJazz
Length57:50
LabelJazzland
ProducersEivind Aarset
Erik Honoré
Jan Bang
Eivind Aarset chronology
Connected
(2004)		 Sonic Codex
(2007)		 Live Extracts
(2010)

Sonic Codex is an album by Norwegian guitarist Eivind Aarset.

Background

This fourth solo album Sonic Codex from Norwegian guitarist Eivind Aarset incorporates concepts from his earlier albums, restates, elaborates and reinforces them to generate a genuine masterpiece, that might be a defining moment in both Aarset's career and the history of Jazzland. Sonic Codex puts forward rules of engagement that Aarset collaborate with the audience, and very deliberately quotes and redefines the musicality that made up his previous three albums, “Electronique Noire”, “Light Extracts”, and “Connected”, yet also points his way forward: it is an innovative present that simultaneously summarizes the past, and predicts the future.

Reception

The review of the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet awarded the album 4 stars (dice).

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Track listing

  1. «Sign Of Seven» (6:26)
    Bass clarinet – Hans Ulrik
    Baritone guitar & celesta – Audun Erlien
  2. «Quicksilver Dream» (6:23)
    Bass clarinet – Hans Ulrik
    Drums – Anders Engen
    Featuring (sample) – Punkt
  3. «Dröbak Saray» (6:47)
    Synthesizer – Audun Erlien & Wetle Holte
  4. «Cameo» (5:17)
    Celesta – Wetle Holte
  5. «Still Changing» (8:11)
    Banjo – Tor Egil Kreken
    Organ (Wurlitzer), vocal sampler – Audun Erlien
    Synthesizer & piano – Wetle Holte
  6. «Black Noise/White Silence» (3:06)
    Electric bass – Marius Reksjø
  7. «Family Pictures III» (3:38)
    Electric bass – Eivind Aarset
    Sampler (field Recording), producer – Erik Honoré
    Sampler & producer – Jan Bang
  8. «Sleeps With Fishes» (6:28)
  9. «The Return Of Black Noise And Murky Lamabada» (11:34)
    Electric bass – Marius Reksjø

Credits

Notes

References

  1. ↑ John Kelman (2007-09-28). "Eivind Aarset: "Sonic Codex" - Jazz Review". AllAboutJazz.com. Archived from the original on 2012-11-11. Retrieved 2012-11-04.
  2. 1 2 3 Sven Ove Bakke (2007-09-18). "Eivind Aarset - Shape of postrock to come?". Dagbladet.no (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2012-11-04.
  3. ↑ "Eivind Aarset – Sonic Codex". Discogs.com. Archived from the original on 2010-07-01. Retrieved 2012-11-04.